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    1. A need for speed? Rural internet connectivity and the no access/dial-up/high-speed decision

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Whitacre, Brian E. (author) and Mills, Bradford F. (author)
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    2006-07
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D06766
    Notes:
    Paper presented at the American Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting, Long Beach, California, July 23-26, 2006. 32 pages.

    3. Reaching poor farmers in rural Kenya with market information

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    United Nations - Habitat.
    Format:
    Report
    Publication Date:
    2005
    Published:
    Kenya
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23736
    Notes:
    Best practices database in improving the living environment. 2 pages., Describes a market information system and service for smallholder farmers, using low-cost information and communication technologies. During the last season, farmers who used the MIS to market their maize obtained 22% higher prices than those who did not.

    5. Rural riddle: do jobs follow broadband access?

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Kang, Cecilia (author / Washington Post)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2009-04-23
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C28971
    Journal Title:
    Washington Post
    Notes:
    Via online issue. 2 pages., "Two hamlets that got high-speed lines show wildly different results."